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The Weird, Wonderful Bluegrass Art of Tim Lee

#ArcaneOzarks, #DarkOzarks, #HillbillyBroadway, #OzarkFineArtsBy Josh HestonAugust 27, 2019Leave a comment

PLATE 1. “For the first one, we wanted to keep it pretty simple. All roads lead to Raleigh. We chose the banjo, the rolling hills, the iconic skyline from the PNC Building to the Convention Center’s Shimmer Wall, and we went with a horizontal format to allow for the typography.” — Tim Lee The Weird, Wonderful…

Autumn Gallery: Kieffer’s Mural in Silver Dollar City

#OzarkFineArts, #SOTOarchive, #SOTOArt, #SOTOfeatureBy Josh HestonAugust 27, 2019Leave a comment

Mural in Silver Dollar City BY JOSHUA HESTON On the west wall of the unpretentious visitors’ exit of Silver Dollar City, a beautiful Kieffer mural celebrating the Ozarks in autumn can be found. Equally unpretentious in style, this work of George Kieffer is passed by tens of thousands of guests, often without a second thought.…

Art Show of the Ozarks 2010

#OzarkFineArts, #SOTOarchive, #SOTOfeatureBy Josh HestonAugust 27, 2019Leave a comment

PLATE 1. “The painting Around the Bend is the westward view of the Finley River from the Highway 160 Bridge. I was inspired to create this painting by the contrast of the warm afternoon sun on the water and the deep, cool shadows of the enormous trees. The kayakers were added for a color center…

Country Rain by Mary Arneson

Country Rain

#OzarkFineArts, #OzarkWritersBy Josh HestonJuly 19, 2019Leave a comment

Country Rain by Betsey Mae Graves with art by Mary Arneson If you grew up in the west like I did If your daddy farmed the land like mine did Then you love the rain You love the rain Hear that sound, smell the air My momma said As the thunder rolls without a care…

Summer firework art

Summer Firework Art

#OzarkFineArts, #OzarkNerds, #SOTOArt, #SOTOfeatureBy Josh HestonMay 25, 2019Leave a comment

PLATE 1. Crazy Debbie’s Discount Fireworks take over an old building near Mount Branson on East 76. Summer Firework Art by Joshua Heston An oscillating fan turned, moving humid air from one aisle to another, cement floor smooth and a little dewy in the hot summer night. The glowing Black Cat sign competed with a…

A Journey of Freedom: The Art of Harlan Bonar

#OzarkFineArts, #SOTOarchive, #SOTOArtBy Josh HestonMay 25, 20191 Comment

PLATE 1. Harlan Bonar in his Knob Noster studio. A Journey of Freedom: The Art of Harlan Bonar BY JOSHUA HESTON The rolling, grass-covered hills west of Sedalia, Missouri, mark a transitional territory where the tall grass prairies converge with the northwestern Ozark Hills. The place is pastoral, but it is here — in an…

Sweetest of Monsters

#HillbillyHistory, #OzarkFineArts, #SOTOarchiveBy Josh HestonMarch 5, 20191 Comment

PLATE 1. The Centaur Escapes. The Centaur Escapes displays an enraged centaur, half-man and half-horse — muscular back arched, fists clenched — against a troubled sky. From whom is he escaping? What cause is there of this angst? O’Neill, wisely, leaves that answer to the viewer — or, perhaps more personally, simply kept the answer…

The Roads to Bonniebrook

#OzarkFineArts, #OzarksHistory, #SOTOarchiveBy Josh HestonMarch 5, 20191 Comment

PLATE 1. Winding roads among the rocks and cedars lead to the Bonniebrook Estate five miles north of present-day Branson, Missouri. The Roads to Bonniebrook by Joshua Heston On an early morning in January, 1947, the little Ozark cove and cedar break with a tiny stream leading down to Bear Creek was bleak and barren.…

The Meeting by T. Adkins

Turkey Creek Artwork: Hollister, Missouri

#HillbillyHistory, #OzarkCraftsmanship, #OzarkFineArts, #OzarksHistory, #SOTOarchiveBy Josh HestonOctober 9, 2018Leave a comment

Turkey Creek Art by T. Adkins The Meeting by T. Adkins Lawlessness prevailed after the Civil War with no legal protection for the settlers of the area. This need for law and order brought the citizens together to form a vigilante group to drive the criminal element from the area. This group of law-abiding men…

Shelly Martin Maledy

The Treehouse by Chris Whitley (art by Shelly Maledy-Martin)

#OzarkFineArts, #OzarkWriters, SOTOEventBy Josh HestonAugust 2, 20181 Comment

Story by Chris Whitley. Artwork by Shelly Maledy-Martin (pictured above) The Treehouse Chris Whitley This is a story about a tree house, a scar, and the loyalty of brothers. Growing up, I was fortunate to have three big brothers looking after me. Seven, nine, and ten years older than me, to this day they often…

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